Two GOP lawmakers break with Christie on gay marriage

12:12 AM,
Sep. 19, 2013

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The days of Gov. Chris Christie and Republican lawmakers moving in lockstep may be coming to an end, with two GOP members of the Assembly, including Monmouth County's Declan O'Scanlon, saying they will vote for a marriage-equality bill against the governor's wishes.

O'Scanlon said there are likely to be more crossover votes.

"The narrative that the governor strong-arms Republicans in the Legislature is false,'' O'Scanlon said Wednesday. ...